or


[02/04/14 - 12:23 PM]
Friday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: "Blue Bloods," "Shark Tank" Continue Their Reigns
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for friday, january 31, 2014)

Here are the highlights of 39 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast and cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Blue Bloods (10:00) - CBS
12.934 million viewers, #1; 1.975 million adults 18-49 (1.56 rating), #7

Hawaii Five-0 (9:00) - CBS
11.242 million viewers, #2; 2.224 million adults 18-49 (1.75 rating), #2

Undercover Boss (8:00) - CBS
9.213 million viewers, #3; 2.116 million adults 18-49 (1.67 rating), #4

Shark Tank (9:00) - ABC
7.488 million viewers, #4; 2.697 million adults 18-49 (2.12 rating), #1

Last Man Standing (8:00) - ABC
6.925 million viewers, #5; 1.939 million adults 18-49 (1.53 rating), #8

Bones (8:00) - FOX
6.783 million viewers, #6; 2.065 million adults 18-49 (1.63 rating), #5

Dateline NBC (9:00, 120 Minutes) - NBC
6.014 million viewers, #7; 1.502 million adults 18-49 (1.18 rating), #9

20/20 (10:00) - ABC
5.374 million viewers, #8; 2.135 million adults 18-49 (1.68 rating), #3

Gold Rush (9:00) - Discovery
4.494 million viewers, #9; 2.057 million adults 18-49 (1.62 rating), #6

The Neighbors (8:30) - ABC
4.279 million viewers, #10; 1.405 million adults 18-49 (1.11 rating), #10

WWE Smackdown (8:00) - Syfy
3.027 million viewers, #11; 1.030 million adults 18-49 (0.81 rating), #13

Enlisted (9:00) - FOX
2.788 million viewers, #12; 1.039 million adults 18-49 (0.82 rating), #12

Bering Sea Gold (10:00) - Discovery
2.694 million viewers, #13; 1.292 million adults 18-49 (1.02 rating), #11

Raising Hope (9:30) - FOX
1.849 million viewers, #14; 0.756 million adults 18-49 (0.60 rating), #16

NBA Regular Season: Thunder at Nets - ESPN
1.710 million viewers, #15; 0.880 million adults 18-49 (0.69 rating), #14

Cold Justice (8:00) - TNT
1.578 million viewers, #16; 0.597 million adults 18-49 (0.47 rating), #17

NBA Regular Season: Warriors at Jazz - ESPN
1.414 million viewers, #17; 0.844 million adults 18-49 (0.66 rating), #15

Treehouse Masters (10:00) - Animal Planet
1.362 million viewers, #18; 0.536 million adults 18-49 (0.42 rating), #18

Something Borrowed, Something New (10:30) - TLC
1.247 million viewers, #19; 0.498 million adults 18-49 (0.39 rating), #21

Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta (9:00) - TLC
1.227 million viewers, #20; 0.400 million adults 18-49 (0.32 rating), #26

Something Borrowed, Something New (10:00) - TLC
1.170 million viewers, #21; 0.417 million adults 18-49 (0.33 rating), #25

Real Time with Bill Maher (10:00) - HBO
1.142 million viewers, #22; 0.398 million adults 18-49 (0.31 rating), #27

Helix (10:00) - Syfy
1.132 million viewers, #23; 0.499 million adults 18-49 (0.39 rating), #20

House Hunters International (10:30) - HGTV
1.016 million viewers, #24; 0.320 million adults 18-49 (0.25 rating), #32

Ghost Adventures (9:00) - Travel
0.978 million viewers, #25; 0.481 million adults 18-49 (0.38 rating), #22

APB with Troy Dunn (9:00) - TNT
0.952 million viewers, #26; 0.338 million adults 18-49 (0.27 rating), #30

Ancient Aliens (10:00) - H2
0.912 million viewers, #27; 0.353 million adults 18-49 (0.28 rating), #29

The Dead Files (10:00) - Travel
0.904 million viewers, #28; 0.480 million adults 18-49 (0.38 rating), #23

10 Million Dollar Bigfoot Bounty (10:00) - Spike TV
0.890 million viewers, #29; 0.397 million adults 18-49 (0.31 rating), #28

The Carrie Diaries (8:00) - CW
0.864 million viewers, #30; 0.426 million adults 18-49 (0.34 rating), #24

House Hunters (10:00)* - HGTV
0.863 million viewers, #31; 0.328 million adults 18-49 (0.26 rating), #31

NBA Pre-Game - ESPN
0.829 million viewers, #32; 0.532 million adults 18-49 (0.42 rating), #19

Nightmare Next Door (9:00)* - ID
0.781 million viewers, #33; 0.256 million adults 18-49 (0.20 rating), #33

Imposters (10:00)* - ID
0.781 million viewers, #34; 0.256 million adults 18-49 (0.20 rating), #34

Banshee (10:00)* - Cinemax
0.416 million viewers, #35; 0.182 million adults 18-49 (0.14 rating), #35

Oprah: Where Are They Now? (9:00)* - OWN
0.253 million viewers, #36; 0.074 million adults 18-49 (0.06 rating), #36

The Diamond Collar (10:00)* - OWN
0.253 million viewers, #37; 0.074 million adults 18-49 (0.06 rating), #37

The Diamond Collar (10:30)* - OWN
0.253 million viewers, #38; 0.074 million adults 18-49 (0.06 rating), #38

Billy Joel: A matter of Trust - The Bridge to Russia* - Showtime
0.116 million viewers, #39; 0.048 million adults 18-49 (0.04 rating), #39

[EDITOR'S NOTE: * denotes individual program numbers were not available so the network's primetime average is listed]

Source: Nielsen Media Research





  [february 2014]  
S
M
T
W
T
F
S
      


· SHOWATCH
(series past and present)
· DEVWATCH
(series in development)
· MOVIEWATCH
(tv movies and mini-series)





most recent ratings | view all posts
[09/24/25 - 02:47 PM]
"Jimmy Kimmel Live" Returned on Tuesday to 6.26 Million Total Viewers on Broadcast, According to Initial Live+Same Day Measurement
In addition to linear ratings, the monologue has garnered more than 26 million views across YouTube and social platforms.

[09/23/25 - 03:49 PM]
"20/20" Is Friday's No. 1 Newsmagazine for the Television Season Across the Board
"20/20" outdelivered "Dateline" in all three measures during the broadcast season for the 5th consecutive season and for the 6th time in the last 7 overall - since the 2020-2021 season and 2018-2019 seasons, respectively.

[09/23/25 - 03:48 PM]
"Dancing with the Stars" Season Premiere Grows Dramatically Over Three Days - Jumping to 8 Million Total Viewers and a 1.79 Rating Among Adults 18-49
The season 34 premiere also set a streaming record, hitting an all-time high for the series based on views after three days of streaming on Disney+ and Hulu.

[09/23/25 - 03:28 PM]
"College GameDay Built by The Home Depot" Resumes Record Start to the Season; ESPN/ABC Deliver Week 4's Top Two Most-Viewed Games and Three of the Top Five
The season marks the best four-week start since 2006 for ABC and since 2009 for the ESPN networks.

[09/23/25 - 03:06 PM]
ESPN Scores Second Most-Watched WNBA Playoffs First Round Ever
Coverage on ABC, ESPN, and ESPN2 averaged 943,000 viewers, behind only the 2024 playoffs.

[09/23/25 - 02:56 PM]
Another F1 Race, Another Viewership Record on ESPN: Azerbaijan Grand Prix Gets Its Largest Audience Ever
The 1.1 million viewers was up from the race's previous record of 970,000 set in 2021.

[09/23/25 - 02:45 PM]
FOX Sports' "America's Game of the Week" Remains Most-Watched Telecast of the Week on Any Network
25,473,000 viewers on average watched the Chicago Bears win over the Dallas Cowboys.

[09/23/25 - 12:01 PM]
Netflix Top 10 Week of September 15: Rom-Coms Charm as "The Wrong Paris" and "She Said Maybe" Lead This Week's Top 10
The limited series "Black Rabbit" took No. 2 on the English TV list with 6.6 million views in its first weekend.

[09/23/25 - 08:23 AM]
"20/20" Is Friday's No. 1 Newsmagazine for the Television Season Across the Board
On Friday, on its final telecast of the season, "20/20" delivered its strongest performance in Total Viewers (2.513 million) and Adults 25-54 (373,000) in over three months.

[09/17/25 - 03:14 PM]
Buccaneers at Texans Delivers 17.4 Million Viewers, ESPN's Most-Watched "MNF" Week 2 Game Since 2008
Additionally, the Buccaneers-Texans is ESPN's most-watched individual game on weeks with multiple "MNF" games, whether a true doubleheader or two games with staggered start times.

[09/16/25 - 03:39 PM]
"College GameDay Built by The Home Depot" and College Football on ESPN/ABC Both Off to Stellar Starts in 2025
ABC is off to its best three-week start ever, averaging 7.8 million viewers per game.

[09/16/25 - 03:02 PM]
"20/20" Is the No. 1 Program Across Broadcast and Cable on Friday Night
"20/20" ranked as the No. 1 broadcast program on Friday night in Total Viewers (2.457 million).

[09/16/25 - 03:01 PM]
ABC News' "Nightline" Ranks No. 1 in Total Viewers, Adults 25-54, and Adults 18-49, Leading CBS' "After Midnight" and NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers" in All Three Measures
For the 2nd week in a row, "Nightline" improved on the previous week in Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49.

[09/16/25 - 02:45 PM]
FOX NFL Smashes All-Time Viewership Records with Week 2 Super Bowl Rematch
A massive 33.8 million viewers delivers FOX Sports its best-ever regular season Sunday telecast, most-watched Week 2 NFL telecast on record and more all-time viewership highs!

[09/16/25 - 12:01 PM]
Netflix Top 10 Week of September 8: "Canelo vs. Crawford" Packs a Punch, "Wednesday" Season 2 Joins Most Popular List
In movies, "KPop Demon Hunters" danced its way back to No. 1 on the English Film list with 22.6 million views.